Is going to church good or bad for you? Denomination, attendance and mental health of children in West Scotland

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 645-656

  Abbotts, Joanne E ^a   Williams, Rory G A ^a   Sweeting, Helen N ^a   West, Patrick B ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Mental health; Religion; Scotland

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MENTAL HEALTH; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0344495448     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00283-1     Document Type: Article

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